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This page shows ONLY photos which are included in the Annual Christmas Letter for 2014.   On this page are the photos from January, February, March, April, May, June and July - Christmas Letter pages 1 - 7. Click on any thumbnail to begin. |
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"January Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
  Page 1 of Christmas Letter. A Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) at Nogawa Park. |
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"February Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
  Page 2 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - Heavy Snow in our Apartment Parking Lot. Second Photo - Snow along the Tama River at Mitake - outlined tree is the Famous Ginkgo Tree. |
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"March Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
  Pages 2 and 3 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - Daniel Climbing OVER a thing that we usually walk UNDER. Second Photo - An Amazingly Beautiful Patch of Viola grypoceras at Mt. Kagenobu. Third Photo - Mt. Fuji from Mt. Kagenobu - an image created from 3 exposure-bracketed photos (Tone-mapped). |
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"April Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
  Page 3 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - The Amazing Pink of Enkianthus quinqueflorus at Koishikawa Botanical Garden. Second Photo - Lysichiton camtschatcense (the white Skunk Cabbage) & Symplocarpus foetidus (The brownish/purplish Skunk Cabbage) - Minami Takao Area. Third Photo - A Rare Viola x taradakensis var. eizalacea in the Takamizu Three Mountains Area. |
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  Page 4 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - Three exposure-bracketed photos - Tone-mapped - Mountain Cherry Trees in Bloom at I-Ccho-Daira - From the Hikage Creek Road. Second Photo - A Rare Viola x savatieri (The Okutama Violet) near Asagiri Kougen. Third Photo - Beautiful Blooming Cherry Tree at the Trail Entrance for Sasaone (Sasa Ridge) - 2-Photo Panorama. |
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"May Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
  Pages 4 and 5 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - An Extremely Rare Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana at a Secret Location. Second Photo - Mt. Fuji from a spot in Western Tokyo - 3 exposure-bracketed photos - Tone-mapped. Third Photo - A Cephalanthera falcata (Golden Orchid) in the Mt. Takao Area. |
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  Page 5 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - A Calanthe discolor Orchid in the Mt. Takao Area. Second Photo - Dendrobium moniliforme Orchids at Mt. Takao. |
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"June Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
  Page 6 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - The Extremely Rare Paeonia obovata & June 15 30D - The Extremely Rare Cypripedium macranthum var. speciosum. Second Photo - Mt. Fuji From Kawaguchi Lake Station. |
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  Page 6 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - The Mt. Mitsutouge Summit Marker. Second Photo - The Epipactis thunbergii Orchid - Machida. |
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"July Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
  Page 7 of Christmas Letter. First Photo - Oze National Park - On the Loop Trail at Yamanohana - Mt. Hiuchigatake. Second Photo - Two Photo Panorama in Oze National Park - The Marsh and Mt. Hiuchigatake. Third Photo - Oze National Park - Ozenuma - The 3 Iconic Larch Trees |
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End "July Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter, End Page 1 |
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